Winter Weather in Converse County Lower Elevations, Wyoming

An estimated 3 to 6 inches of snow fell along the Interstate 25 corridor west of the city of Douglas. CoCoRaHS observer located 4 miles west-southwest of Douglas reported 5.5 inches of snowfall.

A short period of light to moderate snowfall occurred across portions of southeast Wyoming from the afternoon of 1/7 into the morning hours on 1/8, as a cold front pushed to the south across the region. The heaviest accumulations occurred along the north-facing slopes of the northern Laramie Range in southwestern Converse County, courtesy of northerly upslope flow in the wake of the cold front. Minor travel impacts were observed along Interstate 25 west of Douglas, and along Interstate 80 near Arlington and Elk Mountain.